Provides the latest RSS feeds for Uganda News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Uganda News.Net http://www.ugandanews.net/ en-us Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:08:58 -0400 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:08:58 -0400 30 18-course menu to wow the G8 leaders, I was in a market in Uganda shopping for food. I had $2 in my pocket and my task was to feed a family of seven. This week, halfway up a misty mountain in Japan, t... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16038451&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:00:40 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16038451&cat=faaba65027d16d8c MDGs are development targets set by the UN to be achieved by 2015. They include eradicating poverty, availing universal primary education, combating HIV/AIDS, and environment sustainability. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041557&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:37:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041557&cat=faaba65027d16d8c IMPLEMENT the Disability Act 2006, the Government has been told. Francis Mugwanya, the director of Fathers' Heart Ministries in Kampala, argued that the Act would, for instance, compel the owners of b... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041555&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:37:22 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041555&cat=faaba65027d16d8c A report of February by the World Food Programme and health ministry showed malnutrition rates in Moroto district at 15.6% and Nakapiripirit at 15.1%. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041558&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:37:15 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041558&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Orombi said it was the role of leaders to nurture the youth, noting that if their future was not shaped, they (young generation) would become useless. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041562&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:37:04 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041562&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Prevention remains a major challenge for those who develop and implement programs to fight HIV/AIDS worldwide, according to attendees of the 2008 HIV/AIDS Implementers’ Meeting held June 3-7 in ... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041561&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:37:03 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16041561&cat=faaba65027d16d8c JOHN Bosco Okwera of Bishop Angelo Negri College SSS was the king of the sprints as Gulu reclaimed the National Post-Primary Schools athletics championship title at Sebei Secondary School in Kapchorwa... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037515&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:30 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037515&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Kato Keiichi, the Japanese ambassador, said while commissioning the projects that Japan values education because it leads to revolutionising of countries into industrialisation. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037510&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:25 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037510&cat=faaba65027d16d8c "The window of government sponsorship should be fully sponsored. If there is a cost that is part of the course, it should be met. The spirit of Government sponsorship should not die," the pr... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037517&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037517&cat=faaba65027d16d8c After a stunning 4-1 defeat away to Benin, Cranes recovered with a 3-1 win over Angola in Kampala, then followed it with a draw away in Luanda. Anything less than four points would have virtually put ... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037512&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:23 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037512&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Celebrated local music writer/singer Sylvester Kyagulanyi was on Saturday declared this year's Victoria Gospel Music Awards (VIGA) 'artiste of the year' at a colourful function at the Kampala Serena H... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037509&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:20 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037509&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The Upper Kikuubo Traders and Transporters Association Group accuses their rivals, the Kampala City Traders Association (KACITA), of planning to collect illegal levies. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037514&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:29 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037514&cat=faaba65027d16d8c THE Credit Reference Bureau and increasing competition in the banking sector due to the entry of more banks will force interest rates to fall, the central bank's governor has predicted. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037516&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:31 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037516&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The Uganda National Bureau of Standards' (UNBS) budget has increased to sh7.8 Billion this financial year from sh3. Billion in 2006/07. Ricks Kayizzi talked to Dr. Terry Kahuma, the executive director http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037513&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037513&cat=faaba65027d16d8c + ] By Joe Bavier OBO, Central African Republic, July 8 (Reuters) - Abducted, robbed and raped this year by raiding Ugandan rebels, Henriette and other villagers in this remote southeast corner of... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16036464&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:53:59 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16036464&cat=faaba65027d16d8c It notes that the registration of foreign charities required approval from the diplomatic mission in Uganda or a duly authorised government office in the organisation's home country. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037507&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:14 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037507&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The Pader district chairman, Peter Odok W'Ocheng, said: "We have advertised for constructors to bid for construction of the power line from Corner Kilak to Pader up to Abim via Patongo, Kalongo a... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037506&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:12 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037506&cat=faaba65027d16d8c King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Swaziland was amazed by the story of the spirits believed to be in River Nile when he visited Bujagali Falls in Jinja district yesterday. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037518&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:33 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037518&cat=faaba65027d16d8c THE European Union (EU) has given sh2 Billion to Concerned Parents Association for education and psycho-social rehabilitation of formerly abducted children in Lira district. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037505&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037505&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Kibet has a personal best of 3 minutes 46.38 seconds and will have to shave off nearly 10 seconds to beat the Beijing Olympics qualifying time. Uganda has a team of six athletes in Poland that will be... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037511&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:22 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037511&cat=faaba65027d16d8c A European publication the Daily Record, quoted Csaba as being impatient. He is said to be pushing for a transfer to Hearts, or else he considers the other two offers on table. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037508&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:16 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037508&cat=faaba65027d16d8c "We are responding to the demand for more branches in this region because of the distance the people have to go in order to access banking services," Phillip Odera, the Stanbic managing dire... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037504&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:06 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037504&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Junior Kwebiha's 53 spurred Castle Lager cricket league champions ACC to what looked a respectable 243, but Wanderers CC had other ideas in the opening match of the Super Six contests. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037503&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:04 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037503&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Prayers at Adalafu Church of Uganda in Arua district came to a premature end on Sunday when two pastors fought over who was to preside over the Holy Communion session. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037502&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:03 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16037502&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Kenyan Finance Minister Amos Kimunya is stepping down during an investigation into the controversial sale of a luxury Nairobi hotel. Mr Kimunya said he had asked President Mwai Kibaki to allow him to... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16032685&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:31:59 -0400 BBC http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16032685&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mainland champions Young Africans yesterday notched a lone-goal victory over visiting Express of Uganda in a friendly played at the National Stadium in Dar es Salaam. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16034135&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:27:55 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16034135&cat=faaba65027d16d8c If you have an account with a bank, you apply to be registered to use the SMS banking system. The bank will give you a secret code (PIN) which you can use to send a unique text to the bank using a mob... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16034134&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:27:49 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16034134&cat=faaba65027d16d8c EXCOMUNICATED pro-gay bishop Christopher Ssenyonjo of the Church of Uganda has been invited to the Lambeth Conference, scheduled for Canterbury, England from July 20 to August 4. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16034133&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:27:47 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16034133&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Abdulkarim Ssengendo THE Government is to carry out a massive vaccination of animals following an outbreak of foot-and- mouth disease in some districts.The animal industry state minister, Maj. Brig... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16031555&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:36:00 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16031555&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Chris Ahimbisibwe The Police in Bushenyi district are holding a 24-year-old woman for allegedly stealing a one-day-old baby boy from a health centre.The Police identified the woman as Generous Aine... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16031554&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:35:55 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16031554&cat=faaba65027d16d8c "Joseph Kony has called (UN Special Envoy) President Chissano and called for a meeting of his delegation, the chief mediator and a representative of Chissano," internal affairs minister Ruha... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16029506&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:06:20 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16029506&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Kajura was addressing journalists shortly after delivering the keynote address at a lecture to mark the Africa Day of Civil Service and Public Administration at the Grand Imperial Hotel in Kampala. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16031871&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:06:20 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16031871&cat=faaba65027d16d8c According to the Bill which is to operationalise the Uganda Food and Nutrition Policy of 2003, family heads bear the burden of feeding their members. The state is responsible for providing a minimum a... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16029505&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 04:06:14 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16029505&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The spotlight is on President Kibaki to resolve the crisis sparked by the controversial sale of the Grand Regency Hotel, as a parliamentary committee threatened Monday to stall debate on the Budget un... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16026480&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Tue, 08 Jul 2008 02:26:09 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16026480&cat=faaba65027d16d8c + ] KAMPALA (Reuters) - An outbreak of highly infectious hepatitis E has killed 67 people in northern Uganda since late last year and made more than 4,000 others ill, a government official said on M... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16023513&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 22:27:38 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16023513&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The latrines are dilapidated with rusty iron sheets for walls, cracked floors and are roofed with plastic material. Little wonder that many inhabitants of "Mogadishu" in the heart of Kisenyi... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16025105&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:14:18 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16025105&cat=faaba65027d16d8c DISEASE outbreaks in Kampala's largest slums of Kalerwe and Bwaise are expected to increase as heavy rains caused by climate change become more frequent. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16025106&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:14:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16025106&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Anthony BugembeMAKERERE University engineering students will no longer grumble over lack of laboratory equipment to do assignments.They are beneficiaries of the iLabs project, which involves using ... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018476&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:43:02 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018476&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Charles JjuukoTHE Buganda government has launched a campaign to fight poverty and famine in Bugerere county, Kayunga district.Over 700 farmers received seeds from local government state minister, G... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019476&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:42:59 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019476&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Police officers watch over the suspects at City Hall court yesterday By Herbert Ssempogo A TOTAL of 63 suspected criminals were arrested during a show organised for Radio Simba fans at Nakivubo stad... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018479&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:42:58 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018479&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Conan Businge & Aminsi Lubwama THE education ministry will this financial year promote 4,000 education assistants to ranks of senior education assistants, an official has said.Sh1b has been earmark... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019475&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:43:02 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019475&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Migereko talks to Kato (right) during the ground-breaking ceremony By Ali MambuleTHE Japanese government plans to construct a 118km electricity line worth sh6.5b in Masaka, Kibaale and Hoima distric... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019474&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:43:01 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019474&cat=faaba65027d16d8c An investigation officer from Old Kampala Police Station checking the expiry dates of mango juice, which was seized at Nalukolongo in Lubaga recently. The juice, which was ready for sale, was imported... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019400&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:43:04 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019400&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Steven CandiaTHE spread of Hepatitis B viral disease can be avoided through cleanliness, state minister for primary health care Dr. Emmanuel Otaala has said.Reports indicated yesterday that the hig... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018480&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:42:57 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018480&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Oboth and Wadri talk at the site of the bridge By Frank Mugabi Local leaders in Maracha/Terego are concerned about the delayed completion of Enyau Bridge. Together with development partners, they ha... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018534&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:42:54 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018534&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Fortunate AhimbisibweTHE education ministry is to summon 24 head teachers for disciplinary action after they allegedly charged extra fees for Universal Secondary Education.A source told The New Vis... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018475&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:43:01 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018475&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Chris Ocowun The Police have given sh500,000 to each of the families of the six civilians shot dead last Thursday by an LDU soldier in a disco hall in Omiya-Nyima IDP camp, Kitgum district. The fia... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018535&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:42:53 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018535&cat=faaba65027d16d8c MPs Winifred Masiko, Cecilia Ogwal and Agnes Egunyu chatting after the workshop By Madinah TebajjukiraSPOUSES should have a right to deny each other sex if one is in poor health, after childbirth an... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018483&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:42:51 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018483&cat=faaba65027d16d8c MUKONO district chairman has suspended the operations of six quarry companies in Kyampisi sub-county, reports Joel Ogwang. Cementers, Seyani and Hammerline and three other firms located in Buntaba vil... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019477&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:42:58 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019477&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Norman KatendeOpening ceremonyNamboole, 4pmA two year wait becomes reality today when the opening ceremony of the 5th edition of the Africa University Games takes place at Namboole stadium starting... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018822&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:43:07 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018822&cat=faaba65027d16d8c By Charles Ariko and Eddie SsejjobaThe Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and the Democratic Party (DP) cooperate but they are not in an alliance, the FDC spokesman clarified yesterday.Wafula Oguttu sa... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018482&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:42:50 -0400 The New Vision http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16018482&cat=faaba65027d16d8c THE Ministry of Water and Environment and the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ), have launched a public-private initiative to improve access to sanitation for the urban poor in Kampala. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019287&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:14:03 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16019287&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The chairperson of the parliamentary sub committee on complaints Reagan Okumu has challenged parliament to revise the bribery allegations recently made against some legislators. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16017592&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:11:17 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16017592&cat=faaba65027d16d8c "But I have a contract with Uganda until 2010 and I would like to go to the African Cup of Nations and maybe even the World Cup with this team. Still, anything can happen and if Hearts really lik... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16017593&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:11:21 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16017593&cat=faaba65027d16d8c "I first thought the acid was hot water, but the pain went on for too long. All I could feel at the time was fear," Nannono said, sitting on a bed in the burn unit of Kampala's Mulago Hospit... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16017591&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:11:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16017591&cat=faaba65027d16d8c There are hundreds of similar incidents that highlight the problems that human beings have with anger management. An angry person tends to suspend reason and take the law into their hands, usually wit... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16016015&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:17:03 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16016015&cat=faaba65027d16d8c A few hundred metres away, hoards of fans would set camp donning their club colours and singing loyalty songs while surveying every vehicle driving past them. Just in case their favourite player is be... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16016013&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:17:00 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16016013&cat=faaba65027d16d8c LAWRENCE Ssempijja stormed the semi-finals of the boys U-14 category at the Rwenzori Beverage sponsored Inter-Schools tennis championships at Lugogo on Friday. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16016012&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:16:56 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16016012&cat=faaba65027d16d8c visceral leishmaniasis , a parasitic disease also known as kala azar or black fever, in northern Kenya's Isiolo and Wajir districts, officials said. "We have a serious shortage of personnel to cover t... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012939&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:39:45 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012939&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Rwandan President Paul Kagame took over the chairmanship of the East African Community (EAC) from President Yoweri Museveni. The hand-over coincided with the First East African Investment Conference i... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014354&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:16:13 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014354&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The Ugandan government has rejected accusations that Ugandan troops were responsible for an attack on a village in southern Sudan last month. As Derek Kilner reports from VOA's East Africa bureau in N... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16013267&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:55:07 -0400 VOA http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16013267&cat=faaba65027d16d8c KAMPALA, 7 July 2008 (PlusNews) - Joanna*, 25, an HIV-positive schoolteacher who lives in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, decided to take a chance on love by putting a personal advertisement in the news... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012947&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:39:51 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012947&cat=faaba65027d16d8c If he had been living in Uganda, he could still have bought a satellite navigation system through the Internet, but he would have been unable to find a supplier to deliver the system to his door, sinc... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014350&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:16:04 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014350&cat=faaba65027d16d8c If you enjoy Jamaican music, you've probably heard of the dancehall duo Chaka Demus and Pliers. The two artists are set to visit Kampala, where they will bless the launch of Henry Tigan's album Muzudd... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014347&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:16:01 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014347&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Uganda's Bebe Cool was among the 50,000 people who attended Nelson Mandela's 90th Birthday in London's Hyde Park a fortnight ago. Bebe Cool, who sang his latest track Born in Africa, performed in the ... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014345&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:59 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014345&cat=faaba65027d16d8c SHE will speak her mind whatever, whenever and wherever, without mincing words. And it doesn't matter whom she's addressing, or referring to; as long as she feels the need to say something, she will s... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014352&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:16:07 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014352&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The contractors are reportedly diverting from the original specifications. Engineers have also reported that the last bitumen layer is substandard. Currently, all the major national roads go through K... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014357&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:16:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014357&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Uganda Telecom has deployed its 3G mobile broadband service, which now enables its subscribed clients fast Internet access on their laptop computers or desktop PCs in the capital Kampala and two other... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014344&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:58 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014344&cat=faaba65027d16d8c AN uneasy silence cuts between me and the headmistress after we exchange greetings. We have just stepped out of Juliet Turyamuryaho's office at the Uganda School For The Deaf (USD) in Ntinda. It is 8:... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014349&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:16:03 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014349&cat=faaba65027d16d8c "The tax investigation division is being upgraded into a department. That is why all the staff were asked to re-apply," he told The New Vision. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014356&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:16:16 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014356&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The Ipsum is not just a family car, but it is convenient for everyone. According to Liton Mahmud of Aim Motors dealing in Japanese vehicles in Kampala, Toyota Ipsum are reported to be the most demande... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014343&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:56 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014343&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The unprecedented alleged fraud case in Uganda's capital markets leaves the young industry scathed and only a firm crackdown from Uganda's Capital Markets Authority (CMA) now and in the future will re... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014342&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:55 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014342&cat=faaba65027d16d8c NAKURU, 7 July 2008 (IRIN) - Jane Wanjiru Maina, a mother of seven, is tired of living in an internally displaced people's (IDP) camp in the show grounds of Nakuru, in the Rift Valley. "The tents are ... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012938&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:39:49 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012938&cat=faaba65027d16d8c From Parliament it looks like the various political parties represented in the August House are considering coming together to fight a common enemy - the independents. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014341&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:54 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014341&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75%, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in The Guardian newspaper on Friday. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014351&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:16:05 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014351&cat=faaba65027d16d8c "I still have the power to play but I'm a very busy woman. I plan to retire after the MEM (KAVC Memorial championships)," Nampiima said on Friday. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014358&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:53 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014358&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Naguru Housing Estate dates back to 1954 when the British Protectorate government under Sir Andrew Cohen thought it necessary to construct residential units to accommodate the emerging group of Uganda... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014340&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:51 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16014340&cat=faaba65027d16d8c It was expected to be a massive meltdown, but reports that investor claims against collapsed Nyaga Stockbrokers have hit Sh950 million has, to say the least, passed all expectations. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012937&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 11:15:45 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012937&cat=faaba65027d16d8c In April, the World Food Programme warned that "one million people in Karamoja were facing starvation because the government was not doing enough" to avert the crisis. The region has the hig... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012248&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:51 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012248&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Bunamwaya secretary Haruna Kyobe confirmed that they had agreed personal terms with Okhuti and they were just waiting for the player sign at the end of the month but could not confirm the transfer fig... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012250&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:47 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012250&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Kampala - The Ugandan government will meet leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in mid-July in an attempt to save peace talks that appear dead in the water. The deputy leader of the gover... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16010524&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:08:15 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16010524&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Uganda Eriyo also pointed out the discovery of petroleum along Lake Albert as a danger to the quality of water in the River Nile. The water and environment minister, Maria Mutagamba had earlier said U... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012253&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:39 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012253&cat=faaba65027d16d8c "We are buying cotton at sh500 per kilogramme instead of sh750. The country will lose about $20m because EUREP-GAP, an EU exporters body, has suspended buying products from the region because the... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012255&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:35 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012255&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Angela Akol, the Director of Family Health International, said: "About 41% of married women in Uganda want to space or limit births, but they are not using contraceptives. So they are having more... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012249&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:50 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012249&cat=faaba65027d16d8c For many decades, Ugandans have spoken in awe of the poisoning expertise of the Congolese. If someone died and the cause remained mysterious, it was all blamed on poison; and the source? Congo. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012237&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:42 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012237&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The OC CID, Enoch Ndyomugenyi, said an armed Tukwasibwe left Rwehamba Police post on Sunday and proceeded to Kasenda trading centre, where he took alcohol in the company of a woman, Gladys Kajoina. &q... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012257&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:33 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012257&cat=faaba65027d16d8c GEOFFREY Massa maintains that a return to Egyptian league football will rehabilitate him into the desired shape of delivering Uganda to the promised land with goal-laden performances against Niger and... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012246&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:32 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012246&cat=faaba65027d16d8c The Commissioner General of Prisons, Dr Johnson Byabashaija, said the department was preparing a proposal to the Cabinet to allow an investor to take over Luzira and build a more spacious prison elsew... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012254&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:38 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012254&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Local singers Bebe Cool and Mega Dee have locked horns over their upcoming album launches. The two artistes picked August 29 as the date for their launches and none of them is willing to barge. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012242&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:27 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012242&cat=faaba65027d16d8c He told The New Vision at the hospital theatre that they had over 300 cases and many victims had necks attached to the chest, lips attached to the chin and eyes that could not close even during sleep ... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012247&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:43 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012247&cat=faaba65027d16d8c AISHA Nabukeera, 15, the girl who was severely burnt in 2006, resumed her studies after two years. She is a pupil at City Parents Primary School in P7. She used to study at Nyendo Public Primary Schoo... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012245&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:30 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012245&cat=faaba65027d16d8c SOUTHERN Range Nyanza Ltd, the local textile manufacturer, is stuck with products worth over sh2b due to cheap imports, a top official disclosed last week. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012251&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:45 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012251&cat=faaba65027d16d8c THE United Nations crime prevention agency, UNAFRI has warned that the uncontrolled migrations from Karamoja to Kampala and other towns will feed the lucrative international human trafficking business... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012243&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:22 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012243&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Lira Municipality MP Jimmy Akena's last minute decision to call off a rally he had planned to hold at the Constitutional Square last Saturday set a few political tongues wagging. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012256&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:49 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012256&cat=faaba65027d16d8c THE Government has moved to implement the National Population Databank and Identification Project without the input of any of the international firms that had competed to execute the project. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012252&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:41 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012252&cat=faaba65027d16d8c If you care for your people, start with little efforts like visiting a school to talk to children, or to a women's group in your community. Let's work together to support our people, in order to bring... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012240&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:19 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012240&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Apart from taking school security seriously, administration approach of predicting and preempting negative student reaction is a sure way of preventing crises. http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012239&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:13 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012239&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Some of the biggest culprits are foreign missions nearest to Kampala. The embassy in Nairobi overshot its approved budget by Ush382 million ($218,285), Kigali by Ush343 million ($196,000), and Dar es ... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012238&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:51:12 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16012238&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Members of the co-operative movement have expressed fears over a pending Bill which seeks to regulate activities of Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (Saccos). http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16007356&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:19:23 -0400 All Africa http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16007356&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Kenya has joined African countries that have refused to recognize Robert Mugabe as the president of Zimbabwe, Wetangula said in remarks published in the local media on Monday. Foreign Affairs Minister... http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16007349&cat=faaba65027d16d8c Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:26:17 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.ugandanews.net/?rid=16007349&cat=faaba65027d16d8c